KANENGO SILO PROJECT
CONCRETE REPAIR
Product used:
PROJECT LOCATION
Kanengo Silo Project – National Food Reserve Agency, Lilongwe, Malawi
SIZE OF PROJECT
1400 x 25 kg bags abe® silocoat – external silo walls.
500 x 15 kg kits duraflex® – internal crack sealing.
NATURE OF PROJECT
The rehabilitation of the grain silos. The repair and upgrade was carried out by using abe® silocoat – an elastomeric cementitious waterproofing coating that cures to form an impermeable membrane. abe® silocoat is a two component polymer modified cementitious coating, supplied in a pre-packaged form. Advantages are excellent crack accommodation after immersion, effective barrier to sulphates and chlorides and low pH. Withstands high positive and negative hydrostatic pressures. abe® silocoat is approved for use in contact with portable water.
OTHER PRODUCTS USED
- duraflex® – two part flexible waterproofing slurry
CONTRACTOR DETAILS
Plem Construction Lilongwe.
PROJECT START & END DATES
October 2016
a.b.e.® EMPLOYEE INVOLVED
Trevor Enerson